A man reported Edwin Arrieta for harassment and assault: “I felt identified with Daniel Sancho, I would have killed him”

2023-09-19 11:22:19

Nothing justifies the murder and dismemberment of Edwin Arrieta at the hands of Daniel Sancho, as he himself has confessed. However, the story of a man who claims to have suffered in his flesh the same previous situation that the Spanish chef told After his arrest, it helps to understand the state of desperation that could have led the young man – 29 years old – to commit such acts in a country like Thailand.

The program ‘And now Sonsoles’ from Antena 3 has brought to light the testimony of a man – whom they have called Luis – who denounced the surgeon in 2005 for harassment and physical attacks in Colombia. According to his story, Arrieta she became obsessed with being with him and he wouldn’t take no for an answer. So much so that he called him 143 times in the same day. He recognizes that he feels identified with Daniel Sancho and that he would have been capable of killing him.

Blackmail and threats

They met in a bar in Bogotá. He was 26 years old and the surgeon showed his interest in him “from day one.” He offered him invitations and gifts that Luis – he claims – had to reject to “give him no reason” for him to think that there was any hope that they could be together. When he refused, Edwin told him He threatened to make “scandals” in his office, which led him to quit his job. But nothing stopped the Colombian surgeon’s obsession, which would have increased over time.

“I started to get scared when he exaggerated on calls and started not understanding what a no was, I didn’t even want to be his friend.” “I had to change my phone and house” -he explains- because his life became “a terror because of his threats.” Luis’ words are very reminiscent of those spoken by Daniel Sancho, who also spoke of obsession, threats and feeling “like in a glass cage”.

Physical attacks

“He blackmailed me. He blackmailed me by talking to my family, that things were going to happen to me, by that he was going to send me to peoplethat I had people following me…”, he adds. But the harassment did not stop there. The worst episode that Luis experienced took place at the door of his house, where Edwin I would have beaten him. “She physically attacked me and I was carrying my personal computer, which broke down due to the beating.”

The complainant, who provided an injury report during the trial, now feels identified with Daniel Sancho. ”In my hand I have a bite scar that he did to me in one of his attacks. Actually, I felt identified with Daniel when I saw the news. Either he would have killed me, or I would have killed him”, he confessed in statements to the program.

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Does anything change for Daniel Sancho?

His testimony – which reflects the darkest aspects of Edwin Arrieta’s profile – could be considered a mitigating factor in the face of Daniel Sancho’s codena, if the events had occurred in Spain and the murder of the Colombian surgeon will be judged according to our Penal Code. In Thailand, the scenario is different.

“We don’t know if it will be taken into account”It has been recognized Carmen Balfagon on Antena 3. The lawyer and criminologist, who acts as spokesperson for the Sancho family, has explained that in the Asian country there are not even extenuating circumstances as such. Only the conditions. In any case “the facts are there and they may be valued”has warned.